The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right

Plan Responses

Review your project infrastructure decisions and integrated change control process to ensure consistency with agreed-upon principles.

Involve the project team members in your planning; engage as many perspectives and points of view as practical.

Depending on the severity of the problem and the nature of its root cause, the type of response may be:

• A minor change that preserves the project objective

• Implementation of a contingency plan developed during risk response planning

• A major change to the project

For short-term effort problems, consider “brute force” solutions, such as working overtime in the evenings or on nonworkdays.

For more significant problems, brainstorm approaches that could resolve the resource variance. Explore ...